Phragmites Management Workshops

Our next workshop will be held in June 2012.  Please check back in March for details.

In 2010 and 2011 we conducted six workshops and had over 220 attendees.  

If you are a participant in the Clay Township Phragmites Management Program 2012 you or your representative must attend a workshop in order to be eligible for permits or to purchase chemicals. If you or your representative attended a Clay Township Phragmites Management workshop in 2010 or 2011 you will not need to attend one in 2012.

Phragmites is the common reed plant that has taken over much of our shoreline, canals and wetlands.  It out competes the native plants and creates a monoculture of reeds.  It reduces the biodiversity of plants and therefore the biodiversity of animal life as well as restricting views, limiting access to the water and presenting a fire hazard.  If you are ready to fight back come to one of the two workshops listed above for a presentation on what you can do on your property to control Phragmites.  At these workshops you will learn the actual process, supplies needed and the timing of treatments to make them affective.  A portion of the presentation will include an introduction to the Advisory Board and the Clay Township Phragmites Management Program 2011 that is designed to help property owners in their efforts to control Phragmites.

If you have questions please contact - Bob Williams – 248-388-0465, Bob@StewartFarm.org